Secondly, I love the last one I prefer round to square cuts (but I notice a lot more women like the squares, so probably a good choice) and I'm a total sucker for the three-stone look like that. The first one's pretty too.

1.Get it from a store in person so you can negotiate!!! 10% down is not much, sometimes you can have 40% down

2. Diamond cuts have grades! The fine cuts have higher prices. Unless you girlfirend is a specialist, get the the LARGEST diamond in your budget, with the ********* cut. Trust me, it is for her girlfirends to see, and none of them will carry a magnifying glass with them.

I have seen people buy locally a ring with a giant diamond and two tiny ones around it for the same price as you ring number 3. it looked WAAAAY more impressive! and it was not the best diamonds, but for inexperienced person it looked DAMN IMPRESSIVE! much more so then any of your examples.

good luck, depending on where you are in might be hard to find a deal... but never buy based on a grade! buy based on size!

You must have a pretty good computer to be willing to waste that much money on a ring for some chick, lol, sorry couldn't resist.
Anyways... I say the 3rd one. The middle one is really nice but seems kinda big.

1.Get it from a store in person so you can negotiate!!! 10% down is not much, sometimes you can have 40% down

2. Diamond cuts have grades! The fine cuts have higher prices. Unless you girlfirend is a specialist, get the the LARGEST diamond in your budget, with the ********* cut. Trust me, it is for her girlfirends to see, and none of them will carry a magnifying glass with them.

I have seen people buy locally a ring with a giant diamond and two tiny ones around it for the same price as you ring number 3. it looked WAAAAY more impressive! and it was not the best diamonds, but for inexperienced person it looked DAMN IMPRESSIVE! much more so then any of your examples.

good luck, depending on where you are in might be hard to find a deal... but never buy based on a grade! buy based on size!

imo i'd avoid chain jewerly stores like the plague. as others have mentioned, their mark-up is huge. plus, all the rings look kinda the same. of those 3, however, i like the 3rd one. everyone's tastes and priorities are different though!

in my case, last year my wife and i went ring shopping together. i didnt want to guess and pick something she wouldnt like. buying together, she now has a ring that we both love. in our case, i bought the diamond separately from Zoara, then we went to a local, family-owned store to pick out the setting. we had the setting custom-made by Gelin Abaci and the diamond set. we are very happy w/ our purchase.